The next step in redesigning the intersection of State Highway 66 and Banner Road took a step forward last week.

Canadian County commissioners approved an agreement with Freese and Nichols, an Oklahoma City engineering firm that works with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation.

The company will provide options for what type of redesign is needed at the intersection.

An agreement that was signed earlier this year that would have allowed the city of El Reno to indirectly provide water to the new Canadian County Fairgrounds Complex is moot, said an attorney representing the county’s Public Facilities Authority.

The city was originally going to provide water through the Canadian County Water Authority, which operates as the Banner Water District.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court has struck down casino gaming compacts negotiated by Gov. Kevin Stitt with two tribes, ruling the governor exceeded his authority by including sports betting in the compact agreements.

The new compacts were primarily opposed by other tribal casino operators, including those who have received an outsized share of Oklahoma’s gaming revenue under prior compacts. Stitt and the participating tribes argue the new compacts increase economic benefit to smaller tribes that are at a substantial disadvantage under the old system.

CLINTON — When the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum in Clinton officially opened on Sept. 23, 1995, it was the first center in the nation dedicated to the history and culture of Route 66, the most famous historic highway in the world.

It is the largest museum from Chicago, Ill., to Santa Monica, Calif., dedicated to the history and culture of Route 66.